Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy (2014)

Follows a woman at victory munitions as they contend with a saboteur in the factory.

Director:

Jerry Ciccoritti

Writers:

Debi Drennan (based on a concept by), Maureen Jennings (based on a concept by)

Stars:

Meg Tilly, Jodi Balfour, Charlotte Hegele

5 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Meg Tilly	...	Lorna Corbett
Jodi Balfour	...	Gladys Witham
Charlotte Hegele	...	Kate Andrews
Ali Liebert	...	Betty McRae
Anastasia Phillips	...	Vera Burr
Michael Seater	...	Ivan Buchinsky
Jamie Elman	...	Jakob
Catherine Bérubé	...	Helen Buchinsky
Anthony Lemke	...	Philip Davis
Jim Codrington	...	Leon Buck
Richard Fitzpatrick	...	Howard Akins
Tahmoh Penikett	...	Clifford Perry
Peter Outerbridge	...	Bob Corbett
Antonio Cupo	...	Marco Moretti
Carlyn Burchell	...	Carol Demers

Storyline

Follows a woman at victory munitions as they contend with a saboteur in the factory.

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Plot Keywords:

sonar | characters killed in final episode | world war two | nazi agent | nazi sympathizer | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 March 2014 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Bomba/nők - Szemben az ellenséggel

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Muse Entertainment Enterprises

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

A finale/wrap-up/farewell episode generously done by the cast and crew approx 2 years after the show was suddenly cancelled after season two, leaving many character storylines and plots just dangling without any closure.

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Connections

Follows Bomb Girls (2012)

User Reviews

Disappointing

After loving the series and being saddened by its cancellation, this finale was horribly disappointing. If I'd seen this first, I'd have never watched the series.

Jodi Balfour, whose character had been so much fun to watch in the series, seems nearly lost here. Gladys has been unsuccessfully transformed from a rebellious, strong upper-class young woman with a tremendous moral compass into a spy, in part, responsible for saving Canada's war effort and winning WWII.

Meg Tilley's Lorna Corbett, whose transformation toward the end of the second season from pragmatic, strong, steady (and quietly caring) matron went beyond the emotionalism of the end of the series losing all pragmatism and most of her strength and steadiness in the film. For me, part of what made her character compelling in the series was her silent nobility. In the film, if she'd blubbered 'for my girls' one more time, I'd have turned it off.

Other characters made less wild transformations. Though I was having a hard time rooting for Kate and Betty, whose happiness meant something to me in the series.

I can't tell you why I loved the series as much as I did--though I'm sure that the intelligent portrayal of women as strong equals helped. I'm not sure why the finale fell into a flat sea of mediocrity, but from my perspective it did. As a fan of the series, I'm still very glad I saw it. If you're about to, maybe you won't be as disappointed as I was if you go into it with lower expectations.